From: Benjamin Mako Hill Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 04:52:27 +0000 (+0900) Subject: Merge branch 'master' of code.communitydata.science:coldcallbot-discord X-Git-Url: https://code.communitydata.science/coldcallbot-discord.git/commitdiff_plain/92e65de7715056ee39c923e1d51fb8c777e64afd?ds=inline;hp=-c Merge branch 'master' of code.communitydata.science:coldcallbot-discord --- 92e65de7715056ee39c923e1d51fb8c777e64afd diff --combined README index d07038e,611926e..733a2e8 --- a/README +++ b/README @@@ -1,14 -1,27 +1,27 @@@ Setting up the Discord Bot ====================================== -I run the Discord boy from my laptop. It requires the discord Python +I run the Discord bot from my laptop. It requires the discord Python module available in PyPi and installable like: $ pip3 install discord - I don't have details on how I set up my own Discord bot and/or invited - it to my server but I hope you'll add to this file as you do this and - figure out what needs to happen. + Setting up the Bot + ===================================== + + The documentation for the `discord` python package + (https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/discord.html) does a good + job explaining how to set up a Discord bot with your server. Follow + the steps there, with one important exception: + + 1. On the "Bot" tab in the discord application configuration page you + need to enable both "Privileged Gateway Intents." This allows the bot + to see who is present and active in the channel. + + Finally, you need to copy your bot'ss Token (also found on the "Bot" tab) + into coldcallbot.py. Pass it as the argument to `ccb.run()`. + + Using the Cold Call Bot ====================================== @@@ -31,7 -44,7 +44,7 @@@ Daily Proces You need to start the bot from the laptop each day. I do that by: - $ ./coldcallboy.py + $ ./coldcallbot.py The bot will run in the terminal, print out data as it works including detailed weights as it goes, and it will record data into files in the